"Boxwood Carved Subject Representing A Character Reading"
Small subject of a character in a frock coat, sitting, a book on his knees, his tricorn resting on a cut tree, having interrupted his reading to meditate or observe his environment.A representation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Good condition - crack and cracks (magnified in the photos), small filling on the base, nail head at the base of the trunk, possible repair (?) on one of the shoes.
End of the 18th-beginning of the 19th century
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato